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###@§;~-.. RAILS ..-~;§@###
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§;~-...... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ......-~;§
@§;~-..... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .....-~;§@
#@§;~-.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....-~;§@#
##@§;~-... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ...-~;§@##
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####@§;~-. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .-~;§@####
###@§;~-.. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ..-~;§@###
##@§;~-... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ...-~;§@##
#@§;~-.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....-~;§@#
@§;~-..... THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .....-~;§@
§;~-...... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ......-~;§
;~-....... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .......-~;
~-........ TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ........-~
;~-....... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .......-~;
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@§;~-..... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .....-~;§@
#@§;~-.... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ....-~;§@#
##@§;~-... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ...-~;§@##
###@§;~-.. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ..-~;§@###
####@§;~-. WATER. .-~;§@####
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##@§;~-... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ...-~;§@##
#@§;~-.... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ....-~;§@#
@§;~-..... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .....-~;§@
§;~-...... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ......-~;§
;~-....... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .......-~;
~-........ DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ........-~
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§;~-...... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ......-~;§
@§;~-..... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .....-~;§@
#@§;~-.... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ....-~;§@#
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###@§;~-.. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ..-~;§@###
##@§;~-... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ...-~;§@##
#@§;~-.... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ....-~;§@#
@§;~-..... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .....-~;§@
§;~-...... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ......-~;§
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